How to synchronize date/time with an NTP server in SynetoOS 6

Written By Christian Castagna (Administrator)

Updated at July 29th, 2025

→ Applies to: SynetoOS 6.x

 

Step 1. Connect to SynetoOS appliance via SSH as admin

ssh admin@<your_ip_address_or_hostname>

 

Step 2. Get root privileges

sudo su -

 

Step 3. Check the date and time

date

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Step 4. Check reachability of the configured NTP server (replace <ntp_server> with the correct NTP server)

ping <ntp_server>

 

Step 5. Check the NTP service health

systemctl status chronyd

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Step 6 (optional). If the “chronyd” service is not active, restart it

systemctl restart chronyd

 

Step 7. Manually force time synch

chronyc -a makestep

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Step 8 (optional). Repeat the command if the date is not yet synced